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The Social Worker Program Coordinator for the Department of Housing and urban Development (HUD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) is administratively and clinically responsible for the HUD/VASH Program for the James J. Peters VAMC. The primary goal of the HUD/VASH Program is to provide affordable, permanent housing with recovery-oriented case management services to homeless veterans and their families in order to successfully re-integrate them back into the community and prevent future homelessness.
09/17/2020 to 10/08/2020
$88,651 - $115,251 per year
GS 12
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-time - Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Excepted
12
No
No
CBTE-10913815-20-JER
579030000
Current federal employees of this agency.
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Ist Area of Consideration: Current Permanent James J. Peters Employees. 2nd Area of Consideration: Current Permanent VISN 2 Employees 3rd Area of Consideration: Veterans 4th Area of Consideration: Public
The Social Work Program Coordinator (HUD/VASH):
Administrative Duties:
Serves as the medical center's primary point of contact for the National HUD/VASH Program, Office of Mental Health Services, and VACO.
Screens all veterans referred to the Hud/Vash program via admission screening team meetings as well as maintain data logs with outcomes.
Develops working relationship with designated HUD point of contact and coordinates the housing voucher application and award process for each veteran.
Reviews the agreements between Section 8 landlords, HUD, and the VA to establish appropriate referral sites for placement.
Develops and maintains service delivery systems for homeless veterans including but not limited to collaborating with other agencies, building and maintaining an effective treatment team, and providing structure to accomplish these tasks.
Maintains accurate records of admission and discharge dates of veterans utilizing HUD/VASH vouchers and meets with the Community Support Services Manager regularly to review progress and performance.
Collects and submits veteran information as outlined by NEPEC evaluations procedures. Collect and transmit to appropriate persons/services all necessary outcome data used to evaluate program performance and progress in a timely manner.
Engages in coordination with the VA and community agencies, organizations, and groups as to learn of current services, resources and benefits available for homeless veterans.
Actively participates in program planning and development, advising the Community Support Services Manager of shifting trends with caseloads, identifying the need and making recommendations on program procedure or policy changes based upon work experiences.
Participates in program evaluation and performance improvement initiatives at all program levels by identifying questions and trends that should be studied as a basis toward improving aspects of social service and/or physical or mental health care delivery to veterans. Devises and carries out projects designed to improve care.
Actively participates in the HUD/VASH conference calls and participates in other relevant meetings as assigned.
Takes responsibility for improving professional skills, participating in planning and executing specific staff development projects, attending seminars and institutes, and participating in training programs.
Performs accountability functions: 1) documents all contacts with patients/families in the medical charts; 2) completes statistical, administrative, staffing data and other reports in accordance with VA Medical Center and respective professional discipline service policies.
Works with VA multi-disciplinary teams and community agencies to strive for developing more effective and efficient ways of delivering healthcare services to veterans utilizing HUD/VASH vouchers.
Provides clinical supervision to Case Managers and is aware of their caseloads to provide coverage when needed. Assign cases and provide weekly intensive case management supervision to Social Workers GS9/11 and the Social Work Associate GS-8 on the team.
Organizes team workload, set priorities, set deadlines, and evaluates the program productivity and business acumens.
Provides training, orientation, consultation, to the team, multidisciplinary staff, community providers, city, state, and government officials to include contract cases. Also provides guidance within clinical specialization of practice of mental health.
Clinical Duties:
Provide case management services and completing psychosocial assessments, developing and implementing treatment plans and aftercare plans, and other direct care such as education on available resources in the VA and the community.
Utilizes various treatment modalities of individual and group work, casework, community organizations, and community outreach activities to alleviate or remove problems that interfere with the veteran's ability to achieve independence.
Establishes/maintains effective partnerships with the veteran and family members/significant others in the program to meet individualized goals towards recovery.
Enters all client contacts in progress notes in a complete, confidential and professional manner to ensure information on clients is shared with other VA staff. Reviews and enters progress notes and treatment plans on a regular basis as prescribed in the program's handbook and policies.
Coordinates care including serving as an advocate on behalf of the veterans to ensure comprehensive service delivery, and linking and referring veterans to the VA Medical Center, VA Regional Offices and/or community agencies.
Participates effectively in team meetings, treatment planning conferences, etc.
Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members in a manner that enhances coordination of comprehensive care while supporting the VA mission.
Assigned other duties as required.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.
If you are unable to apply online view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
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Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 10/08/2020 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/10913815.
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